Godfrey Pinion
| Date of birth | 13 September 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 December 1956 (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
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Godfrey Pinion (13 September 1884 — 7 December 1956) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Pinion was educated at Methodist College Belfast and earned Ulster Schools representative honours. Soon after finishing school, Pinion relocated to Liverpool, where he was at first employed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.[1]
A fly-half, Pinion played rugby for Liverpool and Birkenhead Park from 1904 to 1909, making several appearances with Lancashire, before returning to Belfast. He competed for Belfast club Collegians and was capped four times as a fly-half for Ireland in the 1909 Home Nations Championship.[2]
Pinion worked as an executive in the insurance industry.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Appointment For Mr. G. Pinion". Belfast Weekly Telegraph. 25 December 1909.
- ^ "Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 11 December 1956.
- ^ "Death of former Irish rugby International". Belfast Telegraph. 10 December 1956.
External links
[edit]- Godfrey Pinion at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1956 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Belfast
- Rugby union fly-halves
- People educated at Methodist College Belfast
- Collegians (Belfast) rugby union players
- Ulster Rugby players
- Lancashire County RFU players
- Birkenhead Park FC players
- Liverpool St Helens F.C. players